Printer

[Duane Winner]

Louis LeBlanc wrote:

>If it's a new printer, my best suggestion would be to return it and
>get an HP anything.
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>Some newer Lexmark printers do support standard protocols, but I went
>and spent $80 for a Lexmark color printer several years ago that spent
>more time working as a doorstop than a printer.  
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I'll second that. I don't recall the model (it's still running attached 
to the kid's computer), but it's a Lexmark color inkjet that is totally 
useless for computers running anything but consumer-grade Windows.

>They used - and still
>do for some printers - proprietary protocols, and release their own
>drivers - you guessed it - for Windows only.  And sometimes not even
>for all versions of Windows.  My one Windows system was NT, and it
>wasn't supported.  At the time, I was a Linux user, and even the
>reverse engineered Linux drivers weren't able to get it working.
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>On top of that, for the short time I did have it working (on Win98 -
>blech) I found printing quality and speed to be nothing short of poor.
>
>I'll never buy a Lexmark again, and if given one, I'll immediately put
>it on EBay or just give it to my front curb.
>
>Lou
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>On 12/27/04 02:25 PM, Leon sat at the `puter and typed:
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>>Hi,
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>>I have a "BSD5.3"
>>I'm trying to set-up a printer.(Dell AIO A960)
>>I think, that this printer made by "Lexmark".
>>They have one looks like what I have(Lexmark X6170)
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>>I do not know if  "BSD" support this printer.
>>So if you know, pleas let me know.
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>>Thanks,
>>Leon.
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